Amanda Droghini

My Master’s thesis focuses on the
movement patterns of grey wolves in northern Alberta, and the effects of snow
conditions and manmade linear features area on fine- and broad-scale habitat
selection. I am interested in landscape ecology and statistical modelling, and
in exploring the dynamic relationship between humans and their environment.

I received my undergraduate
degree from McGill University in 2013. It was during that time that I had the
opportunity to travel to East Africa, Peru and the southwestern United States.
I worked as a lab assistant for one summer, helping Dr. Waterway with research
on the phylogeny of sedges. The following summer, I received a NSERC USRA with
Dr. Humphries to study wild populations of Eastern chipmunks in southeastern
Quebec. This work inspired me to do a research project and the resulting essay
was selected for the 2013 Undergraduate Awards.